The people of Barind tract are facing intense water scarcity.

Fazle Hossain Badsha, lawmaker from Rajshahi-2 (Rajshahi Metropolitan city) has tested positive for coronavirus.

A court in Narayanganj today sent Bashir Ullah, general secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam’s Narayanganj district unit, to jail in five cases filed over violence in Narayanganj during the March 28 hartal enforced by the group.

A Dhaka court today placed Mufti Sharifullah, an assistant publicity secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam's central committee, on a one-day remand in a case filed under the Special Powers Act with Jatrabari Police Station on May 6, 2013.

Thirteen cases have been filed within an hour at the busy GEC intersection of Chattogram city this afternoon for violating government restrictions and stepping out with private cars during the ongoing "strict lockdown".

The seven-day "strict lockdown" has begun this Pahela Baishakh morning with only a few people on Dhaka streets amid heavy presence of law enforcers to implement the restriction.

Although Dhaka streets were mostly vacant since this morning, on the first day of government-imposed “strict lockdown”, the scenario was quite different in the kitchen markets.

A total of 132,879 movement passes were issued from 11am yesterday to 12:50pm today -- for going out on the first day of the weeklong "strict lockdown" imposed by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Miscreants killed an expatriate, visiting from Italy, in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila last night.

Dhaka University is celebrating the Pahela Baishakh 1428 with a token programme, on a small scale, due to the current coronavirus situation.

The seven-day "strict lockdown" has begun this Pahela Baishakh morning with only a few people on Dhaka streets amid heavy presence of law enforcers to implement the restriction.

A man was brutally killed by unidentified assailants in Bogura’s Sadar upazila.

Police detained Bashir Ullah, general secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam of Narayanganj district unit, last night in connection with violence in Narayanganj during the March 28 hartal enforced by the outfit.

Muslims today gathered for the first Tarabi prayer of the year at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. The prayers took place after it was announced earlier today that the month of Ramadan is set to begin from tomorrow. The mosque authorities allowed around 70 people inside the main mosque and the rest prayed outside. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Religious Affairs yesterday said a maximum of 20 people would be allowed inside mosques from April 14.

A team of detective branch of police (Wari Division) have arrested Mufti Sharifullah, assistant publicity secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam’s central committee from Mir Hazirbagh area of Jatrabari today.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that construction of infrastructure will be kept outside the purview of “lockdown”.

Around 30,000 movement passes have been issued to people till this evening, allowing them to go out for their emergency needs during the seven-day ‘strict lockdown’, starting from tomorrow morning.

Once again, a “lockdown” is about to be enforced in the country. But how prepared is the government to strictly implement it this time?

Three members of a family were killed after a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla this evening.

Mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over different parts of the country, Met office said today.